Photograph by Juliane Gregor from The Story of the Weeping Camel

Ugna and Dude journeyed some 31 miles (50 kilometers) from their home in search of a musician. Their family believed that only an ancient musical ritual could reunite the orphaned camel Botok with his mother.

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